Members of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service Marine Unit are adapting to life onboard a new fleet of Cape Class vessels. Bigger, faster and capable of going further than their predecessors ever could, the new patrol boats are the future of Australia's maritime border ...

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Today, Facebook announced the completion of its first solar-powered drone, which it hopes to use to bring the internet to remote areas. It's part of Internet.org, its initiative to bring the internet to the world's most disadvantaged. The machine has the wing span of a Boeing 737, weighs less than ...

Emma Alberici speaks with Craig Fries, the founder and chairman of Precision Simulations based in California, who has created or directed over 1,200 3D forensic animations for use in criminal and civil litigation....

The net gets accused of having man endemic problems of inequality, narcissism and making us dumber. These are largely silly criticisms so in this episode we treat them each with the requisite seriousness you have come to expect from your national broadcaster. Recorded at Sydney University. ...

Around the world, innovators and researchers are trying to transform our roads from blank expanses of bitumen into something more. From highways that know whether theyre slippery or safe to bike paths that generate green energy, Antony Funnell takes a look at the smart roads of the future. ...